International students plead for reduced tuition fees
26-year old Mostafa Elsaied came to Uppsala from Egypt in August this year to begin his one year master program in entrepreneurship. At home, he had worked as a doctor for one year, but quit his job to pursue further education. – I didn’t choose Uppsala because it was cheap, the neighbouring countries are cheaper, I chose Uppsala because it’s one of the best universities in the world and because I wanted to have a full student experience, Mostafa Elsaied explains. But it hasn’t quite been the experience he had hoped for. As everyone knows, Sweden and Uppsala isn’t under lockdown, but for
